On gun violence, Ryan said he is open to closing some loopholes without infringing on people’s Second Amendment rights.
“I think we should look into someone not legally allowed to buy a gun going to buy one and let’s figure that out,” he said. “Let’s find out how to close these loopholes without infringing on Second Amendment rights,” he said.
Ryan said he is against a ban on assault weapons, saying the old law didn’t stop gun violence. Banning high-capacity magazines isn’t effective, either, he said.
But Ryan said he wants to have a conversation about the root causes of violence.
“What is wrong with our system when a person who is clearly mentally ill missed all the checks he needed to prevent that from happening?” he said.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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I agree with the idea of preventing the insane from getting access to guns, but HOW the hell do you do that without infringing on people’s freedom ? Everybody (EVERYBODY) would have to get a mental checkup, than some appointed person – people get to decide “He’s dangerous – she’s okay”. Seriously – thats your plan? Your very best plan?
The people proposing this need to spend a lot of time explaining it to us, I’m far too stupid to see how this will remove any risk.
The question not being asked by most of us is: “By what legitimate authority?” Did you ever ask a politician, a gun grabber, a public school teacher, a bureaucrat… “By what legitimate authority do you demand, order, enforce, do these things?”
I have.
Most, of course, cite the “constitution” and/or “the rule of law.” I then ask them where those things get their LEGITIMATE authority. So far, NONE of them can answer that, and most become extremely angry when questioned at all. Yet I would think that is the most important question we can ask.
And it’s the most important question we can ask ourselves. Do we own our lives, or have we given our sovereign and natural authority over ourselves to the rulers and politicians?
Just who gave Ryan, Obama, Clinton, Feinstein or any of the rest of them the authority to decide these things? By what legitimate authority? I never gave any of them mine.
If we all had guns and were competent with the, we would have little to fear from the crazies and politicians.p